<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
extensions	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Geographic	B-Application
Information	I-Application
System	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
is	O
an	O
analysis	O
tool	O
used	O
for	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
applications	O
,	O
urban	O
planning	O
,	O
land	O
use	O
planning	O
,	O
geodesign	O
,	O
transportation	O
planning	O
and	O
resource	O
management	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
also	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
export	O
and	O
view	O
their	O
work	O
in	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Online	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
other	O
KML/KMZ	O
viewers	O
such	O
as	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
originally	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Orton	O
Family	O
Foundation	O
and	O
in	O
2005	O
was	O
handed	O
off	O
to	O
Placeways	B-Application
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
idea	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
when	O
Noel	O
Fritzinger	O
and	O
his	O
friend	O
Lyman	O
Orton	O
,	O
proprietor	O
of	O
the	O
Vermont	O
Country	O
Store	O
and	O
long-term	O
member	O
of	O
his	O
town	O
’s	O
local	O
planning	O
board	O
,	O
first	O
envisioned	O
a	O
software	O
tool	O
that	O
would	O
make	O
the	O
planning	O
process	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
ordinary	O
citizens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2003	O
there	O
was	O
enough	O
experience	O
and	O
research	O
to	O
guide	O
a	O
complete	O
redevelopment	O
that	O
resulted	O
in	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
Version	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
version	O
was	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
architecture	O
of	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
8.x	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
development	O
and	O
operations	O
were	O
spun	O
off	O
from	O
the	O
Foundation	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
called	O
Placeways	B-Application
LLC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
continuing	O
guidance	O
and	O
financial	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Placeways	B-Application
continued	O
with	O
new	O
research	O
and	O
development	O
,	O
introducing	O
Version	O
3	O
and	O
its	O
“	O
decision	O
tool	O
”	O
architecture	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
Version	O
4	O
with	O
new	O
3D	O
technology	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
and	O
Version	O
5	O
with	O
new	O
web	O
publishing	O
technology	O
in	O
2015	O
,	O
with	O
numerous	O
interim	O
releases	O
and	O
feature	O
upgrades	O
on	O
a	O
continuing	O
basis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
release	O
of	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
is	O
Version	O
5.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
5.1	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
10.3	O
,	O
10.4	O
,	O
10.5	O
and	O
10.6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
Scenario	O
360	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
analyses	O
across	O
multiple	O
scenarios	O
using	O
custom	O
formulas	O
,	O
indicators	O
,	O
and	O
charts	O
which	O
all	O
update	O
dynamically	O
in	O
real	O
time	O
as	O
the	O
user	O
makes	O
changes	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
or	O
to	O
the	O
calculations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
is	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
,	O
users	O
can	O
bring	O
in	O
GIS	B-Application
data	O
and	O
use	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
while	O
maintaining	O
access	O
to	O
extensive	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
and	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Online	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
dynamic	O
analysis	O
engine	O
provides	O
a	O
versatile	O
modeling	O
framework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
contains	O
additional	O
analysis	O
features	O
including	O
several	O
for	O
creating	O
indicators	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
360	O
Indicators	O
Wizard	O
which	O
can	O
produce	O
up	O
to	O
101	O
indicators	O
,	O
the	O
Custom	O
Impacts	O
Wizard	O
to	O
aid	O
in	O
designing	O
your	O
own	O
indicators	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
freely	O
design	O
as	O
many	O
of	O
your	O
own	O
formulas	O
and	O
indicators	O
as	O
you	O
desire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
is	O
used	O
primarily	O
for	O
land-use	O
planning	O
and	O
natural	O
resource	O
management	O
,	O
but	O
because	O
it	O
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
custom	O
analyses	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
to	O
almost	O
any	O
geographic	O
decision-making	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
users	O
are	O
already	O
somewhat	O
familiar	O
with	O
GIS	B-Application
or	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
GIS	B-Application
department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CommunityViz	B-Application
has	O
been	O
used	O
extensively	O
by	O
academics	O
and	O
researchers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Automatically	O
export	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
and	O
create	O
scenes	O
using	O
SketchUp	B-Application
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Create	O
highly	O
realistic	O
,	O
interactive	O
3D	O
scenes	O
using	O
Scenario	O
3D	O
with	O
3D	O
models	O
in	O
common	O
CAD	O
and	O
SketchUp	B-Application
formats	O
(	O
.KMZ	O
,	O
.3DS	O
,	O
and	O
COLLADA	O
interchange	O
(	O
.DAE	O
)	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Works	O
as	O
an	O
extension	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
ArcScene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
2011	O
Esri	O
Business	O
Partners	O
Conference	O
,	O
Placeways	B-Application
received	O
the	O
Extension	O
to	O
ArcGIS	B-Application
Desktop	I-Application
award	O
for	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
The	O
Planners	O
Guide	O
to	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Essential	O
Tool	O
for	O
a	O
New	O
Generation	O
of	O
Planning	O
,	O
by	O
Doug	O
Walker	O
and	O
Tom	O
Daniels	O
,	O
was	O
published	O
and	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
through	O
the	O
APA	O
Planners	O
Press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
,	O
through	O
visuals	O
,	O
examples	O
,	O
and	O
case	O
studies	O
,	O
demonstrates	O
CommunityViz	B-Application
applications	O
across	O
many	O
disciplines	O
and	O
the	O
many	O
ways	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
applied	O
including	O
for	O
analysis	O
,	O
visualization	O
,	O
and	O
public	O
participation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
CommunityVis	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
Community	O
Viz	O
,	O
"	O
"	O
communityviz	B-Application
,	O
"	O
"	O
Communitybiz	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Communityviz	B-Application
"	O
are	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
ways	O
of	O
misspelling	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
